The Independent-News, Volume 93, Number 44, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 28 March 1968 — Page 4

— THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS — MAHdH M, 1968

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Settled At Last!

The announcement by John E Mitchell director of the Indian Department of Natural Resources. that the Potato Creek site has tas n chosen to be dov.doped as a State recreational area has ended a lung time conlovcrsary of thr site to mtv<-North-Central Indiana. This nas b< en a situation that has mm n hotly contested by several o tions as the final selection of ite> was made between the »tato Creek and Toll Road Site With no disresp<*ct for those a ho live in this site we can fulx see the problem «head for hese people, the choice seems to be a Wise one Indiana has ong lieen fortunate to have lenty <>f State Parks and F ►rusts Recreational Areas and o forth but very few dot Northern Indiana. This, along with four more now under mnlar planning will give every joosiei a state park of reertai nal area within an hours •ive. The a’ involved, takes in *»n e 99 tamiln s. some to be nu«h harder hit by the piogram aan otht rs. However, the state »s always been fair in land .equisition in sw h programs uid th< - riousm ss of the situion should only < onc< rn those wh> ate givinu up very little. it all that they have. Much i the gr und • not suitable for ► armin' and ♦’:< typography is u< n th d m r work will not

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1963 »e«*tganimation Misding At Tyner < reorganization meeting has l^een called by D. Russell Rhorer, County Superintendent of Marina I County Schools to be held ii polk-Lincoln United Schools corporation gym at Tyner. J. B. Kohlmeyer of Indianapolis, who v nairman of the State Reor-g-u ization Committee, will be Uiere to explain all the new laws oaul how they effect the changing cm units. J >hnson Township in LaPorte (jaunty and Oregon Township in Mxrke County have been estally invited to the meeting. i ne meeting wall be held in the Tyner gym at 7.30 p.m. on April Stu Selected For Girls State . nun Walkerton. Miss Sharon Smith, daughter Mr. and Mrs Leßoy Smith, u.. 3. Walkerton has been semeted to attend Hoosier Girl’s bu.e, representing Walkerton High S< hool Miss Linda Brown. ' Aignter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Brown. Rt 3. Walkerton has o eu selected to attend Hoosier <Ari’s State representing Groverbwn High School. ijm al Judging Team Wins jr u-u Place. North Liberty and Madison S ownship 4-H Judging teams wrie declared the winners in the 4Ai and FF A Poultry and Eggs Judging < ntests held March 21 at tne Penn High School. These two .earns will represent St. Jos^n I'our.ty in the FMstrict contosi to be held on May 4th Members of the Liberty team are: I «hi>- Naragon Marston McGwin, !<»►.« l^iu-h Bill Sapp, coached bx A W Clark Bill Sapp Liberty Township achieved the high individual won- of M 5 points. Spring ( arnixal Saturday Al Lb-mentarj fekhoeL The Walkerton P.T.A has Competed plans for the Spring C arnival • b- held at the Grade Fem-.i , vm on Saturday, March 3o Horn 5 to 9 p.m. 194 k Cenwnunitx ( hib Diwptaiv* B»«►lrtrs. Tu -rd y-five members of the Woman’s Communitv club met on Fnu.iv afternoon in the Legion Hum* Mrs Roy Gindelberger was in < harge of the meeting Who h was a hobbx show Mrs Gmdrlbt-rgef has a collection of numaturc Penney ivanu Dutch

have to be done to transform this into the recreational area. A lake of over 300 acres is planned by simply damming up the creek flowing through to make a suitable spurt for water sports. The chosen site can be a big bost t<> economy in the area. It isn’t probable that the surrounding area will get ri< h off the traffic that will result, but the location will have to help business in a given radius with North Liberty certainly being one of the towns to profit the most. The announcement, made at a luncheon meeting of the South Bend Chamber of Commerce, came as a mild surprise as this issue had been quiet for quite some time. The 3.815 acre site is planned to serve the metropolitan areas of South BendMishawaka. Elkhart. Michigan City and as far south as Richest er and Winamac. It is planned to facilitate both summer and winter sports as well as offer camp sites, etc. Other than the two main groups that opposed this location th« site c hoice is hailed by many of this area and one that will give locally, a lot to look forward to in the future. It will b- a few years prior to the opening of such an area and a few more years before completion. However, th< first st* p of land acquisition is expected to begin late this year.

furniture made in Westchester. Pa.. whi< h she had on display along with several minature dolls. Mrs. Ferguson’s hobby is china and she displayed pieces from nearly every country and Mrs. Campbell brought a collection of salt and pepper shakers and Mrs. Gus Verkier and Mrs. Feece displayed articles brought by their sons from China. Mrs. Milo Shek and Mrs. R. N. LaFeber whose hobbit's are painting, brought several of their pictures. Rialto Theatre Sold To Chicago Operator. The Rialto Theatre in Walkerton has been sold by Roy Hansen, owner and operator for the past six years, to Jack Norris, of Chicago, who will take over on April 1, 8 Teen Age Boys Rob Sheaks Tavern. Three teen age boys in Walkerton who entered the Arthur Sheaks tavern on road six at the east edge of Walkerton at 8:30 Friday night and rubbl'd the place of two cases of beer, some cigarettes. cigars and candy, were taken into custody of Sheffiff C. E. Houser and Ray Bowers, Walkerton Chief of Police on Sunday. Red Cross Gifts Jump To $727.50. A total of $727.50 was given by the residents of Walkerton and Lincoln township to the American Red Cross during the campaign recently conducted under the leadership of Mrs. Vern Johnson and her helpers. Pine Creek Church To Pre«*ent Cantata. A cantata. “Memories of Easter Morn.” will be presented by the young people at the Pine Creek Church of the Brthren on Sunday evening March 28th at 7:30. 1958 Burglars Invade 3 of IJhertv Buildings. The excitment of a week ago when two fugitives were captured West of North Liberty had hardly died out when more excltment developed in North Liberty on Wednesday morning. Three of the 1 w al businesses were victims of burglaries early Wednrvlax morning. A 300 lb. safe was stolen out of the U>nzo Oil Companv nt Reed and State Streets. No i .•■►h was in the safe but there was an accumulation of valuable paper* which the company rnibMsl The burglars gained entrance into the building through the rear window which

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they smashed to open Town Marshall Richard Hanley said. At the D-X station eight tin's valued at $16(1 were stolen. Price Garage was the third place of ent re where tires valued at $l2O, a complete welding set which included acetylene tanks and a small amount of cash were taken from the* garage. Agr. I>pt. Hosts County and Egg Conte*!. The* Agriculture Department of the Lilierty Township high school was host to the County Poultry and Egg Judging Contest on Wednesday, March 19th. Liberty took Ist and 2nd place in the contest and also captured highest individual score. Park Board Prepare* East Egg Hunt. The Park and Recreation Board is completeing plans for the annual Kiddie’s Easter Egg Hunt to be held on Easter Sunday this year beginning at 3 a.m. at Liberty Park. Hoosier Happenings. Did It Himself — A dog in Washington County paid his own dog tax. An Eskimo sled dog owned by Mr. and Mrs. William Mattingly of Salem showed up at the office of the County Assessor. Nelson Voyles carrying a purse in his mouth. The dog put his paws on Voyles kip and waited while the assessor removed the money to pey his tax. Mrs. Mattingly accompanied the dog. 1937 Maple Ryrup Cimips Now Engaged In "Boiling Douu” Maple Syrup makers welcome the month of March each year, the season when the sap is flowing. and the sugar camps are busy "boiling down.” Many thousands of pounds are marketed annually, from Indiana woods, while much more is used at home, the sweet half of the team of hotcakes and syrup. "Spark Plug” Continues To Do Her Stuff! The New York Central “Spark Plug” run from South Bend through North Liberty, Walkerton and other points south-west, continues to maintain its old schedule as used for the last several years. In spite of an order to change both the train und schedule, which was issued last week, no change was made. “Cabixise goMip” has it that the Order of Engineers raised an injunction was filed against the action. An order came through Saturday that the schedule would nut go into effect now, but that

the old one would remain until further notice. Arrange For Western Union Money Service. Arrangements have been completi*d by the Bob and Hazel Case to handle Western Union money service for Walkerton and territory. Facing The Music. The origin of the expression "facing the music” isn’t definitely known, though the expression appears to have come from military sources. Three attempts at ex-planation-the first of them the most likcly-attribute its origin to: (1) The drumming out of men dismissed from the army; (2». the mustering of militiamen, who are drawn up in ranks facing the band; (3), the difficulty in training army horses to remain quiet

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when placed near a regim* band. Another suggestion is th the phrase is derived from tl situation of the actor, who, whbefore the orchestra, is facing h critics also. SERVICE NOTES WITH U.S. COMBAT All FORCES, Vietnam — Airm ir First Class Ernest P. Toth, foi of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Toth < ’ 59425 of 59425 Sycamore R North Liberty. Ind., is on d at Da Nang AB, Vietnam. Airman Toth, a wrap specialist, is a member of ’ Pacific Air Forces. Before I arrival in Vietnam, he was a signed to Bunker Hill AFB. In 1 The airman is a graduate of N< ■' Carlisle High School.